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Noun Concept
Categories: Etymology, Articles with short description, Linguistic morphology
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derivation  morphological derivation  derivational affix  Derivational rule
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(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation WordNet 3.0
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(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Morphological derivation, in linguistics, is the process of forming a new word from an existing word, often by adding a prefix or suffix, such as un- or -ness. Wikipedia
A word-formation process Wikipedia Disambiguation
Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it. Wiktionary
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`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
linguistic process
word formation
creation
PART OF
morphology
language change
HAS KIND
eponymy
interfixation
abbreviation
anagram
apocope
+17 relations
HAS INSTANCE
abbreviation
disfix
CATEGORY DOMAIN
descriptive linguistics
DERIVATION
derive
HAS EFFECT
derivative
STUDIED BY
morphology
word formation
USES
word
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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derivation
Wikipedia
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morphological derivation
Wikidata
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derivation
Wiktionary
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derivation
Wikipedia Redirections
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derivation(linguistics), derivational affix, Derivational rule
Wikidata Alias
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morphological derivation

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